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File Created: 23-Oct-1995 by Craig H.B. Leitch (CHBL)
Last Edit:  22-Jul-2020 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name SHA NORTH Mining Division Nelson
BCGS Map 082F019
Status Anomaly NTS Map 082F01W
Latitude 049º 11' 30'' UTM 11 (NAD 83)
Longitude 116º 18' 34'' Northing 5448992
Easting 550315
Commodities Lead, Zinc Deposit Types E14 : Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Ancestral North America
Capsule Geology

The Sha North property comprises the Sha 24-28 claims, which are located on the north side of the Highway 3 corridor, not contiguous with the Sha (082FSE104) and Sha South (082FSE998) groups, but explored by Cominco contemporaneously with the Sun (082FSE127) group. The Sha North claims are on the south and west slopes of Mount Kitchener, about 5 kilometres northeast of McConnel (Kitchener).

The property is underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Purcell Supergroup of Middle Proterozoic age, intruded by gabbro sills and dikes of the same age belonging to the Moyie intrusions. The sedimentary rocks include thin bedded quartzitic wackes and argillaceous siltstones; geochemical values up to 400 parts per million lead and 475 parts per million zinc appear to be correlated with the latter. There is no description of sulphides present, but it can be assumed that they are likely pyrrhotite, galena and sphalerite.

The sedimentary rocks dip moderately to the east and are bounded to the west by the Iron Mountain fault and to the east by the Kidd Creek fault. Numerous minor northeast and northwest-striking faults have been mapped on the property.

During 2004 through 2012, Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (soil and rock) sampling and airborne geophysical surveys on the area as apart of the Iron Range property. A completed property exploration history can be found at the O-Ray (MINFILE 082FSE017) occurrence.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 15109, 16181, 17775
EMPR FIELDWORK 1993, pp. 129-151; 1994, pp. 111-125
GSC MAP 603A
GSC MEM 228
GSC OF 929; 2721
Therriault, R. (2012-03-15): NI-43-101 Compliant Technical Report on the Iron Range Precious and Base Metal Property

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